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The AAPS-Virginia Commonwealth University Student Chapter was established in April 2004. Since its start, student membership has grown tremendously, with the chapter attracting students from various biological and related health fields. The chapter’s mission is to provide an educational outreach program for VCU students with an interest in the pharmaceutical sciences. Specific goals include:

• Promoting and recruiting students from multidisciplinary fields;
• Increasing student awareness of career opportunities in the pharmaceutical sciences and providing opportunities for professional advancement;
• Increasing student awareness of current advances and discoveries in the pharmaceutical sciences;
• Providing a forum for networking and mentoring amongst students and faculty; and,
• Fostering student participation in outreach activities that furthers the goals and objectives of AAPS.                                      

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 Last edited:  June 14, 2009.